and passed a Bar Exam...so given that, and further assume that you are a well read man, how on earth do you not know about, and understand the GOP's "Southern Strategy" which explains that in the latter half of the 20th Century, all those racist "Southern Democrats" fled the Democratic Party and were welcomed into the Republican Party. As I've said, there are literally hundreds of references to the reality of this shift in allegiance for Southern Racists...it's why states like Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas are Republican now.
If you'd prefer anecdotal evidence of the GOP being a home for racists, compare photos of Republican and Democratic Party gatherings/conventions and look at the percentages of non-white attendees. I rest my case.